Octopus Vs. Mr. Death's Exterminators

To celebrate the release of Bizarre Romance, Audrey and Eddie collaborated with Ken Gerleve (animation) and Alex Kliner (music) to produce a series of short animations based on some of the characters from Bizarre Romance. We hope you enjoy watching them as much as we enjoyed making them.

Once upon a time a writer and an artist got married. “Let’s collaborate,” said the writer. “Ugh, no thanks, darling,” said the artist. But lo and behold, they collaborated and here is the result: thirteen stories about oddballs in love, infestations of angels, nefarious fairies, cats, spies, monsters, more cats, bibliophiles who just want a little extra reading time, magic mirrors, artist’s models who nap on the job, imperfect boyfriends, and daughters who are perhaps a little too dutiful.

CREDITS

Character Designs: Audrey Niffenegger and Eddie Campbell

Animation and Sound Design: Kenneth Gerleve

Music: "Skeleton Jangle," 1918. Written by The Original Dixieland Jazz Band. Arranged and performed by Alex Kliner, Packy Lundholm, Edwin Velasquez and John Moore Jr.